英语词汇“speaking tube”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

speaking tube

释义

speak /spēk/

intransitive verb (pat spoke or (archaic or dialect) spake; pap spōˈken or (archaic) spoke)

To utter words
To talk or converse
To make a speech
To sound
To give voice
To give expression, information, or intimation by any means

transitive verb

To pronounce
To utter
To express
To declare
To mention
To describe (archaic)
To hail or communicate with
To use or talk in (a language)
To bring or render by speaking

combining form (informal)

A particular jargon or style of language, such as technospeak, doublespeak, airspeak, seaspeak, etc

ORIGIN: Late OE specan (for sprecan); Ger sprechen

speakˈable adjective

Able or fit to be spoken or expressed in speech
Able to speak (rare)

speakˈer noun

A person who speaks
The president (orig the mouthpiece) of a legislative body, such as the House of Commons
A loudspeaker

speakˈership noun

The office of speaker

speakˈing noun

The act of expressing ideas in words
Conversation, discussion

adjective

Uttering or transmitting speech
Seeming to speak, lifelike

adj combining form

Able to speak a particular language, as in English-speaking

speakˈingly adverb

speakˈeasy noun (US)

During Prohibition, an illicit bar selling alcohol, a shebeen

speakˈerphone noun

A type of telephone using a combined loudspeaker and microphone

speaking clock noun

A British telephone service which states the exact time when dialled

speaking tube noun

A tube for speaking through to another room

speakˈing-voice noun

The kind of voice normally used in speaking

on speaking terms see under term

so to speak

As one might put it, as it were

speak a ship

To hail and speak to someone on board her

speak fair (archaic)

To address in conciliatory terms

speak for

To speak on behalf of or in favour of
To be a proof of or witness to
To bespeak or engage

speak in tongues see under tongue

speak one's mind see under mind

speak out

To speak boldly, freely, unreservedly, or so as to be easily heard (speakˈout noun)

speak the same language see under language

speak to

To converse with, address
To rebuke, scold
To attest, testify to
To comment on, discuss

speak up

To speak so as to be easily heard
To state one's opinions boldly

to speak of

Worth mentioning

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